Glasgow Solicitors Blog from The GLP

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has announced that Strathclyde Police are to carry out a further investigation into the murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar, who was killed in 1998. The investigation is to be carried out under Double Jeopardy legislation introduced in November last year.

A package of proposals to overhaul Scots criminal law has been unveiled following a year-long independent review by the High Court Judge, Lord Carloway.

The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has urged Member States to minimise the use of solitary confinement of prisoners. This measure should be applied only in exceptional circumstances and for the shortest possible period of time.

A former magistrates' court administrative officer has admitted taking a £500 bribe to "get rid" of a speeding charge. This is the first prosecution and conviction under the Bribery Act 2010 - a UK-wide piece of legislation sponsored by the UK Ministry of Justice, which came into force on 1st July 2011.